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Our church uses the Choleric-Sanguine-Melancholy- Phlegmatic model of temperament evaluation as a tool to help people understand how different we all are. It’s a fun interaction during our Discovery Group process. I stumbled across an online tool today that is well done at 4marks.com. Check it out.

We use this evaluation as well in our church. My wife actually teaches a class on it. It’s a really great way to learn people. I find it funny to meet people and say “phlegmatic!” or “Sanguine!”. So many times you can tell after a few minutes of conversation or just by watching them interact with others. I tested Plegmatic/Sanguine. I have a hard time with these tests. I’ve tested Plegmatic/Sanguine the first time, and this time taking the test. This test says 96% phlegmatic, and 4% sanguine. In between, I tested Melancholy/phlegmatic. I guess the Melancholy was the 4%… Read more »

TJ, this is the first time I’ve not tested as a Choleric/Sanguine. However, I think it’s the first time I’ve taken the test since beginning Journey.

I find it interesting that perhaps your life situation may change what your temperament “flexes” into. There’s a lot more need for organization and details as a leader of a church than there was as the leader of a campus ministry. I was pretty happy-go-lucky as a campus minister (thus, the sanguine…).

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